Arrowspires are a member of BNI (Business Network International). BNI is a business and professional networking organisation that offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, referrals.

BNI has over 5,200 chapters and over 110,000 members in over 40 countries.

Business Network Int'l Malaysia, BNI Malaysia, is affiliated with the world's largest business networking and referral organization.

Last year BNI members passed over  5.6 million referrals which translated to over RM8 billion worth of business. BNI now meets in various locations throughout Malaysia - Penang, Klang Valley, Melaka and Johor.

If you wish to know more about BNI then click on bni.com or bnimalaysia.com (pages open in a new window)

Below are two presentations that I gave whilst visiting the John O'Gount BNI Chapter in Kenilworth, United Kingdom in April/May 2008. I was honoured to be asked to present the NEC session for two successive weeks.

The first presentation focuses on the importance of looking at Contact Sphere professions when inviting visitors to a BNI chapter. If the visitor is in one or more member's Contact Sphere then they have 'interested' parties to talk to during Open Networking and will see the opportunity to give and receive referrals faster. Once a visitor joins as a member then quality referrals should start flowing faster.

BNI Podcasts 001 to 050 (58.1Mb)
BNI Podcasts 050 to 100 (61.5Mb)
BNI Podcasts 101 to 143 (50.7Mb)